Jacquies Smith and his South Oak Cliff teammates have been working towards a state championship and have been able to complete the first step in that journey, making the playoffs. Smith said that this weeks game would be a challenge against a very solid team, but if they could play their best game, the team would keep moving forward.

Smith said that the biggest challenge of the playoffs is not knowing what's coming next. He joked it was kind of like recruiting, but over the past few weeks, recruiting hasn't been nearly as difficult. Even though he wasn't able to make it into Columbia this weekend, he said he watched his current favorite take care of business.